The Ashdown Bearded Lady is a bass fuzz pedal, part of the Dr. Green range of bass effects. Ashdown describes it as "a hugely powerful fuzz pedal that splits the signal into low and high fuzz giving complete control over your tone," covering everything "from subtle clipping to full on nuclear fuzz."1 For a bass player, the appeal is keeping the low end and the top end under separate control while the fuzz does its work, rather than one fuzz control shaping the whole signal at once.
Controls
The Bearded Lady carries three controls, each aimed at one part of the fuzzed signal1:
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Lo Fuzz | Controls low end fuzz |
| Hi Fuzz | Controls high end fuzz |
| Hi Out | Controls the Hi frequency fuzz output |
The split design means the low fuzz and high fuzz amounts are set independently, and the Hi Out knob then sets how much of the high frequency fuzz comes through. The pedal also features true bypass switching, so it is out of the signal path when off.1
Ashdown notes the pedal is "housed in a custom designed steel casing that will stand up to being stomped on night after night."1
Where it came from
Ashdown Engineering introduces the Bearded Lady with the line "Straight from Dr Greens surgery comes The Bearded Lady bass fuzz pedal," placing it in the maker's Dr. Green series.1 The pedal is a bass fuzz, and Ashdown describes it as "A hugely powerful fuzz pedal that splits the signal into low and high fuzz giving complete control over your tone."1
That band-splitting approach is the core of the Bearded Lady's design: rather than one fuzz control, the signal is divided into low and high fuzz paths, each with its own control.1 Ashdown sums up the range this gives as "From subtle clipping to full on nuclear fuzz the Bearded Lady does it all."1
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- Bearded Lady, Ashdown Engineering
